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Friday, June 22, 2012

Fishermen looking for for Fraser Island beach fishing accommodation options need look no further than the Eurong Beach Resort on 75 Mile Beach. Based on the Eastern side of Fraser Island, the Eurong Beach resort has easy access to the surf gutters just out the front, and a short drive to the productive gutters north of the of the Maheno wreck, so staying at the Eurong resort means you can get your lines in to the water faster, and catch more fish!

A 4 man FishMax team recently based themselves at Eurong Beach Resort at Fraser Island, Qld as part of a 3 day trip to field test the latest Alvey Surf Reels and the new Ford Ranger Twin Cab ute and all members agreed it was an ideal base for the Fraser Island surf fisherman, particularly given the attrocious weather conditions we encountered.

We chose to take the barge from River Heads (20 min for Hervey Bay) to Wanggoolba Creek, and then it took less than an hour to cross the island from the barge landing point to the resort. Even though we arrived on dark, the helpful resort staff ensured that we were checked in efficiently and that we had a booking for dinner at the resort restaurant. They also made sure we knew the hours for breakfast and offered to provide a packed breakfast to facilitate an early start the next day if required. In fact we decided to fish the gutters in the early dawn, and after what turned out to be a couple of hours of un-productive and very wet fishing, the hot showers and full cooked breakfast back at the resort, meant that we could start the rest of the day warm and well fed.

Accommodation at the Eurong Beach resort is designed to suit all budgets and ranges from hotel units to two-bedroom apartments. The self-contained hotel units have double or twin beds and day beds, which make two single beds for children, but serious fishermen will probably prefer the self-contained, two-bedroom apartments which accommodate up to five people and have large living areas, decks, fully-equipped kitchens, bathrooms and balconies.

The rooms have plenty of space for fishermen and their gear, and while certainly not luxurious, they have everything the serious fisherman would want, including, perhaps most importantly, comfortable beds and heaps of hot water in the showers. The food at the Eurong Beach Resort was good solid fair, ideal for filling up the hungry fisho! The Beach Bar is a great place to catch up for a cold beer and a game of pool after a days fishing or when the weather is just too bad for night fishing as was the case for us.

While at the Fraser Island Eurong resort, we spoke to a number of other fishermen who regularly use the resort as their fishing base, and all agreed that it had everything the fishermen needed and given the dreadful weather conditions we encountered, it beat sleeping under canvas hands down! Next time you're fishing the Fraser Island ocean side beaches, you should certainly consider Eurong Beach Resort as your base.